Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hdántas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt-o-s, thematized from *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Noun

*Hdántas m

1. tooth

   Synonyms: *Hdáns, *Hdántā

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hdántas
  • Sanskrit: दन्त (dánta) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hdántah (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani:
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: dút

      Kativiri: dút

    • Prasuni: látëm
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: dṍt
    • Tregami: dṹt
    • Waigali: dũt